consequential

adj.重要的;adj.自以为是的;adj.结果的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
consequential (adjective)
1.
of the nature of a secondary result - indirect
2.
- consequent
3.
having significant - consequences important a grave and consequential event
4.
- self-important
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
consequential (adjective)
1.
coming as a result
SYNONYMS:
attendant, consequent, consequential, due (to)
RELATED WORDS:
accompanying, coincident, concomitant
NEAR ANTONYMS:
causal
consequential (adjective)
2.
having great meaning or lasting effect
SYNONYMS:
big, consequential, earthshaking, earth-shattering, eventful, historic, major, material, meaningful, momentous, monumental, much, significant, substantial, tectonic, weighty
RELATED WORDS:
decisive, fatal, fateful, strategic; earnest, grave, heavy, serious, sincere; distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; valuable, worthwhile, worthy; distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious; famous, notorious, renowned; all-important, central, critical, crucial, essential, key, pivotal, seminal, vital
NEAR ANTONYMS:
paltry, petty, worthless; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown
inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant
consequential (adjective)
3.
having too high an opinion of oneself
SYNONYMS:
assured, biggety ( biggity), bigheaded, complacent, consequential, egoistic ( egoistical), egotistic ( egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
RELATED WORDS:
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering; arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty ( toploftical), uppish, uppity; domineering, high-handed, imperious; highfalutin ( hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentious; overconfident, presuming, presumptuous; confident, self-assured, self-confident; self-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatory; self-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting; self-affected, self-centered, self-engrossed, selfish; condescending, patronizing
NEAR ANTONYMS:
diffident, self-critical, self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-reproachful, self-reproving; meek, timid, unassertive; down-to-earth, unarrogant, unassuming, unpretentious; bashful, demure, introverted, mousy ( mousey), overmodest, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, shy
egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent
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